Ere time journeys on
And years pass by
Come listen to the song
I would sing.
Incline your heart and
Lend your ears
To the message of love
That I bring.

When flowers can bloom
Without sunshine
When night time no more
Follows day
When rivers can flow
Without channels
To guide us along the rough way.

When God gives us Spring
Without sunshine –
And flowers cease to wane with the dew.
When this world can live without loves tender blossoms
Then I can live without you.

A love such as mine
Were laid in the heart
Of a rose that is faded and bare
Though summer were
Gone and flowers were dead
A new rose would
Blossom there.

Found in the Hall at Parkview Nursing Home, Portland Oregon   
May 3, 1978